Job 28:1-11 - The wealth that is hidden in the earth cannot be obtained but with a great deal of difficulty. So is it true of spiritual wealth (TRUTH). It’s situated purposefully by God and can only be uncovered with great effort. Only those who pursue with all their heart will find it and benefit therefrom. Job observes in the remainder of this chapter:
“But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of
understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither
is it found in the land of the living. The deep saith, It
is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me. It
cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price
thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the
precious onyx, or the sapphire. Gold and glass cannot equal it, neither
shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. No
mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is
above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it
be valued with pure gold.
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of
the heavens. Destruction and Death say, we have heard a rumor thereof with our
ears.
God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof for he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; to make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure. When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder; then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
God’s wisdom is as the pearl of great
value and the hidden treasure (Matt. 13:44-45). Once
discovered, nothing should prevent us from possessing it.
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